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· 6/28/2001

Fl. Dept. of Rev. v. FL. MUN. POWER AGENCY

Citations

  • 789 So. 2d 320
  • 2001 WL 721010

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “under fundamental principles of separation of powers, courts cannot judicially alter the wording of statutes where the Legislature clearly has not done so. A court’s function is to interpret statutes as they are written and give effect to each word 6 in the statute”
  • “Under fundamental principles of separation of powers, courts cannot judicially alter the wording of statutes where the Legislature clearly has not done so.”
  • “A court’s function is to interpret statutes as they are written . . . .”
  • “Under fundamental principles of separation of powers, courts cannot judicially alter the wording of statutes where the Legislature clearly has not done so.”
  • “Under fundamental principles of separation of powers, courts cannot judicially alter the wording of statutes where the Legislature clearly has not done so.”
  • “A court’s function is to interpret statutes as they are written and give effect to each word in the statute.”

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Judges: Shaw

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